Woman in custody after alleged bank robbery

October 28, 2013

SPRING MILLS - A 60-year-old Hedgesville woman is in police custody after an alleged robbery at the CNB Bank in Spring Mills on Monday afternoon.

According to a media release, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a reported robbery in progress at the CNB Bank on T.J. Jackson Drive at 12:59 p.m. Monday. An officer was advised that the woman who had committed the heist was walking behind a nearby Burger King, and a bank customer was following her.

The deputy was able to place the woman, identified as 60-year-old Linda Marie Terry of Hedgesville, into custody. According to the release, she had socks over her hands and was holding a bag of money. Police also say they found notes that had been used in the robbery on her person.